Part 21
=Jangle=, _n._ Jargon, babel, bickering, wrangle, quarrel, squabble, contention.
ANT. _Argument, discourse, debate._
=Jar=, _v._ Shake, agitate; clash, interfere; wrangle, quarrel, contend, bicker, spar, squabble, jangle.
ANT. _Agree, harmonize, accord, concur._
=Jargon.= Gabble, gibberish; nonsense, twaddle, flummery, trash, stuff, gabble; slang; lingo, patois.
ANT. _Speech, conversation; discourse, oration; literature._
=Jaundiced.= Biased, prejudiced, warped, prepossessed; bilious.
ANT. _Unprejudiced, unbiased._
=Jaunty.= Airy, showy, finical, fluttering, gay, fine, bedizened, flighty, fantastic, flaunting.
ANT. _Staid, sober, sedate, dignified, demure._
=Jealous.= Envious, suspicious, resentful, covetous, invidious; anxious, apprehensive, solicitous, zealous, watchful.
ANT. _Indifferent, genial, unenvious, liberal, self-denying._
=Jealousy.= Suspicion, envy, rivalry, solicitude.
ANT. _Vigilance, watchfulness, magnanimity, generousness, friendliness; certainty._
=Jeer=, _v._ Scoff, taunt, jibe, sneer, flout, mock, jest, deride, banter.
ANT. _Flatter, compliment, praise; adulate, fawn, cringe._
=Jejune.= Empty, barren, meager, dry, sterile, bare, lean, uninteresting, thin, scant, poverty-stricken, poor, void.
ANT. _Full, rich, exuberant, racy, interesting, overwrought, redundant, abundant._
=Jeopardy.= Hazard, peril, risk, danger, venture.
ANT. _Security, safety, insurance, provision._
=Jest=, _n._ Joke, witticism, quip, sally, raillery, fun, sport.
ANT. _Seriousness, gravity, earnest._
=Jest=, _v._ Joke, sport, rally, banter, ridicule, mock, grin.
ANT. _Preach, sermonize._
=Jocose.= Humorous, facetious, witty, droll, funny, comical, jocular, sportive, merry, waggish.
ANT. _Melancholy, serious, earnest, grave, lugubrious._
=Jocund.= Joyous, joyful, merry, frolicsome, blithe, jolly, sportive, lively, playful, airy, gay, debonair, jovial, gleeful, careless, blithesome, mirthful, hilarious, sprightly, vivacious.
ANT. _Melancholy, dull, sorrowful, grave, mournful, cheerless, rueful, doleful, careworn, woful._
=Join.= Add, attach, annex; connect, couple, link, unite, conjoin, cement; adjoin, be adjacent to, connect with; associate with, confederate, league.
ANT. _Separate, disconnect, disjoin, subtract, sever._
=Joint.= Juncture, union; flexure, elbow, knee, articulation.
ANT. _Disconnection, continuity, uniformity, solution, disjunction._
=Jollification.= Revelry, conviviality, festivity, revel, carousal, wassail, carouse, fun, carnival.
ANT. _Weariness, tedium, tediousness, soberness, monotony._
=Jolly.= Merry, joyous, gay, jovial, mirthful, jocund, sportive, jocular, funny, sprightly, facetious, waggish, blithe, blithesome, cheery, cheerful; portly, bouncing, stout, plump.
ANT. _Sad, mournful, cheerless, mirthless, joyless, lugubrious, gloomy, morose._
=Jostle.= Push, crowd, hustle, collide, strike against; shake, incommode, joggle, jog, jolt.
ANT. _Clear, lead, convoy, escort, pilot, precede, extricate, attend._
=Jot.= Iota, whit, tittle, particle, atom, grain, bit, mite, scrap, scintilla, cipher, trifle, idea, thought, morsel, fraction.
ANT. _World, mass, volume, heap, bulk._
=Journey.= Travel, transit, expedition, excursion, tour, voyage, trip, pilgrimage.
ANT. _Sojourn, tarrying, delay, stop, stay, abiding, stopover._
=Jovial.= Merry, joyous, gay, festive, mirthful, jolly, gleeful, hilarious, genial, convivial.
ANT. _Ungenial, gloomy, lugubrious, melancholy, saturnine._
=Joviality.= Merriment, jollity, mirth, hilarity, gaiety, frolic, fun.
ANT. _Sadness, seriousness, soberness._
=Joy.= Gladness, delight, pleasure, happiness, transport, felicity, exultation, ecstasy, bliss, rapture, gaiety, hilarity, glee, beatitude, ravishment.
ANT. _Sorrow, grief, melancholy, affliction, tears, depression, despondency, pain, misery, trouble, despair._
=Joyful.= Glad, joyous, merry, jubilant, jocund, happy, jolly, jovial, elate, elated, delighted, buoyant.
ANT. _Grave, solemn, mournful, sad, melancholy, lugubrious._
=Jubilant.= Rejoicing, exultant, triumphant, joyous, festive, exulting, congratulatory.
ANT. _Doleful, sorrowful, remorseful, wailing, penitent, lugubrious._
=Jubilee.= Festival, season of rejoicing, feast, holiday, festivity, revel, carnival, merriment.
ANT. _Fast, mourning, humiliation, penitence._
=Judge.= Justice, referee, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire; magistrate, authority; critic, connoisseur.
ANT. _Criminal, novice, tyro, ignoramus._
=Judgment.= Discernment, estimate, award, criticism, understanding, discrimination, intelligence, taste, sagacity, penetration, wisdom, brains, prudence, sense; determination, decision, opinion, notion, conclusion; judiciousness, intellect; verdict, sentence, reward, condemnation.
ANT. _Argument, speculation, inquiry, proposition, investigation, consideration, evidence, pleading, pronouncement; fickleness, insagacity, impulsiveness._
=Judicial.= Just, well-balanced, deliberative; juridical, forensic.
ANT. _Legislative, executive, or administrative; impulsive._
=Judicious.= Discreet, wise, prudent, sagacious, sensible, reasonable, rational, sober, sound, staid, politic, enlightened, well-considered, well-chosen; discerning, thoughtful.
ANT. _Silly, imprudent, indiscreet, ill-judged, inexpedient, rash, impolitic, blind, foolish._
=Juggle=, _v._ Cheat, conjure, impose, trick, practice jugglery, deceive, defraud; bamboozle, beguile, swindle, mystify, mislead, overreach.
ANT. _Expose, enlighten, undeceive; detect, reveal, correct._
=Jumble=, _n._ Confusion, disorder, hodge-podge.
ANT. _Order, system, neatness, arrangement._
=Jump=, _v._ Leap, skip, bound, hop, spring, vault, caper; bounce, jolt, overleap; coincide, agree, accord.
ANT. _Walk, pace, promenade; dance._
=Junction.= Joining, union, combination, coalition, connection, linking, coupling; joint, juncture, angle; fastening, attachment; alliance, confederacy.
ANT. _Division, separation, disconnection, hiatus, chasm, uncoupling, disunion; continuity._
=Jungle.= Thicket, brake, wilderness, labyrinth, underbrush, entanglement.
ANT. _Open, clearing; order, arrangement, system._
=Junior.= Younger; subordinate, less advanced.
ANT. _Senior, elder, older; more advanced, superior._
=Jurisdiction.= Right, authority, sphere, judicature, legal power; government, control, sway, administration, magistracy.
ANT. _Immunity, exemption, freedom, independence._
=Just.= Upright, righteous, honest, true, conforming to justice; exact, normal, reasonable, due; equitable, fair, impartial, right, rightful, lawful; fair-minded, blameless, honorable, straightforward, virtuous, uncorrupt; accurate, correct; deserved, fit, merited, appropriate, suitable, happy, proper, harmonious.
ANT. _Evil, untrue, unjust, dishonest, prejudiced, unfair, unreasonable, partial, unlawful, unequitable; blameworthy, corrupt, dishonorable; inaccurate, incorrect; undeserved, unfit, inappropriate, inharmonious._
=Justice.= Legality, equity, rectitude, fairness, law, lawfulness, right, truth, uprightness, virtue, fair play, faithfulness, impartiality, integrity, righteousness; reasonableness, desert, propriety.
ANT. _Injustice, dishonesty, favoritism, partiality, wrong, unlawfulness, unfairness, unreasonableness._
=Justification.= Vindication, defense, exoneration, exculpation; absolution; apology, advocacy, plea, maintenance.
ANT. _Censure, condemnation, conviction, implication, crimination, inculpation._
=Justify.= Vindicate, maintain, defend; absolve, clear, exonerate; pardon, exculpate; adjust; excuse.
ANT. _Condemn, convict, censure, criminate._
=Justness.= Exactness, propriety, correctness, accuracy, exactitude, strictness, fidelity, nicety.
ANT. _Incorrectness, inexactness, slovenliness._
=Juvenile.= Young, youthful, puerile, childish, boyish, girlish, infantine, immature, adolescent.
ANT. _Mature, elderly, aged, senile, adult, manly, womanly, superannuated._
=Juxtaposition.= Nearness, contiguity, adjacency, proximity, contact.
ANT. _Distance, remoteness, separateness; opposition._
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=Keen.= Sharp; acute; bitter, severe, piercing, stinging; eager, vehement, fierce; prompt, ardent, cutting, biting, sarcastic, penetrating, satirical, shrewd; poignant, acrimonious, caustic; discerning, quick, astute.
ANT. _Blunt, dull, languid, blind, indifferent, obtuse, undiscerning, slow, simple._
=Keep.= Retain, hold, reserve, detain, preserve, restrain, withhold, maintain, support, sustain, continue, guard, protect, adhere to, obey, fulfil; celebrate, honor, conduct, commemorate, solemnize; haunt, frequent; observe, perform; conceal, suppress; hinder, prevent, refrain.
ANT. _Release, speed, liberate, send, dismiss; neglect, betray, abandon, discard; disregard, disobey, transgress, forsake, desert, forget._
=Keeping.= Charge, guardianship, custody, care; holding, preservation, restraint; maintenance, support, feed, provision; harmony, consistency, congruity, conformity, agreement.
ANT. _Neglect, abuse, disregard; abandonment, destruction; non-support, betrayal; disagreement, incongruity._
=Keepsake.= Souvenir, token, remembrancer.
=Ken.= Sight, view, cognizance, knowledge, survey, range.
ANT. _Ignorance, oversight, inexperience, inobservance._
=Kernel.= Seed, grain; nucleus; core, gist.
ANT. _Peeling, meat, shell, husk._
=Key.= Lock opener; clue, guide, solution, explanation; keynote, tonic; wedge, clamp; lever.
ANT. _Mystification, confusion, mystery, secret, problem._
=Kick.= Strike or thrust at with the foot; recoil; resist, rebel, spurn, be calcitrant.
ANT. _Caress, soothe, flatter, obey._
=Kill.= Murder, massacre, assassinate, butcher, execute, despatch, slay, slaughter, put to death.
ANT. _Resuscitate, vivify, reanimate, revivify, quicken, enliven._
=Kin.= Family, birth, blood, consanguinity, descent, race, relationship, kind, kindred, affinity, alliance.
ANT. _Strangership, inaffinity, alienage, foreignership._
=Kind=, _n._ Race, family, species, breed, class, genus; character, sort, variety, nature, fashion, description, denomination, designation.
ANT. _Dissimilarity, differentiation._
=Kind=, _a._ Benign, indulgent, humane, compassionate, gentle, tender, beneficent, propitious, generous, forbearing, lenient, bounteous, clement, mild, good, obliging, bland, friendly, amicable, philanthropic, charitable, sympathetic, affectionate, tender-hearted.
ANT. _Harsh, severe, hard, cruel, unkind, rough, stern, forbidding, austere, crabbed, illiberal._
=Kindle.= Light, ignite, inflame, enkindle, set on fire; excite, arouse, awaken, stir up, stimulate, incite, animate, foment; exasperate, provoke, enrage.
ANT. _Quench, suppress, extinguish, allay._
=Kindness=, =Kindliness=. Benevolence, humanity, charity, sympathy, compassion, amiability, good nature; mildness, gentleness, softness.
ANT. _Harshness, cruelty, severity, sternness, roughness, austerity._
=Kindred=, _n._ Relationship, consanguinity, affinity; relations, kin, kith and kin, relatives, kinsmen, kinsfolk.
ANT. _Disconnection, unrelatedness; strangers, foreigners._
=Kindred=, _a._ Related, cognate, akin, allied, congenial; responsive, sympathetic.
ANT. _Unrelated, uncongenial, unallied; different, unresponsive._
=Kingdom.= Empire, monarchy, sovereignty, domain, dominion.
=Kingly.= Regal, royal, monarchical, imperial, august, sovereign, noble, splendid, magnificent, imposing, grand, majestic.
ANT. _Plebeian, humble, popular, commonplace, simple, vulgar._
=Knack.= Toy, plaything, gimcrack; dexterity, skill, adroitness, facility, aptness, aptitude, expertness, quickness.
ANT. _Clumsiness, awkwardness, ineptitude._
=Knave.= Villain, rascal, rogue, scoundrel, cheat, scamp, miscreant, swindler, scapegrace.
ANT. _Gentleman, hero; gull, dupe, simpleton._
=Knavish.= Trickish, cheating; mischievous, roguish, waggish; fraudulent, villainous.
ANT. _Honest, upright, honorable._
=Knot=, _n._ Tie, bond, intricacy, connection; entanglement, complication; joint; group, band, clique, gang, crew.
ANT. _Loosening, unfastening, unraveling, dispersion; solution, simplification; evenness, smoothness; individual._
=Knotty.= Knotted, difficult, intricate, perplexed, tough, hard, complicated.
ANT. _Plain, simple, obvious, easy, smooth, uninvolved._
=Know.= Perceive, apprehend, understand; be convinced or assured; acquaint, recognize; distinguish, comprehend.
ANT. _Be ignorant or illiterate, overlook, misunderstand, misconstrue._
=Knowing.= Intelligent, skilful, competent, well-informed, proficient, qualified, experienced, accomplished; conscious, percipient, thinking; cunning, expressive, significant; shrewd, astute, discerning, sagacious.
ANT. _Simple, innocent, gullible, stolid, silly; dull, stupid, inefficient; unresponsive, non-suggestible._
=Knowledge.= Learning, wisdom, scholarship, science, comprehension, cognition, erudition, intelligence, light, lore, perception recognition, acquaintance, intuition, experience, information, apprehension, notice, understanding, conversance, cognizance, familiarity, instruction, enlightenment; acquirements, attainments.
ANT. _Ignorance, illiteracy, unfamiliarity, rudeness, inexperience, misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding._
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=Labor=, _n._ Toil, exertion, work, effort, task, travail; drudgery, industry, painstaking; burden, duties.
ANT. _Ease, indolence, rest, respite, recreation, refreshment, vacation, inactivity, laziness._
=Labored.= Elaborate, studied, highly wrought, overwrought, stiff, heavy.
ANT. _Easy, natural, simple._
=Laborer.= Workman, operative, workingman, hand, employee, bread-winner.
ANT. _Employer._
=Laborious.= Toilsome, difficult, tiresome, onerous, wearisome, fatiguing, arduous, hard, burdensome, tedious, irksome; industrious, diligent, toiling, assiduous, hard-working, painstaking, sedulous, indefatigable, active.
ANT. _Easy, light, simple, facile, feasible; lazy, indolent, indiligent, idle._
=Labyrinth.= Maze, confusion, intricacy, windings; perplexity, complexity, bewilderment, involutions; difficulty.
ANT. _Simplicity, calm, perspicacity; insight, understanding._
=Lack=, _n._ Deficiency, want, need, destitution, failure, scantiness, dearth, scarcity, fault, deficit, shortness, insufficiency.
ANT. _Plenty, fulness, abundance, supply, sufficiency, competence, satisfaction._
=Laconic=, =Laconical=. Short, epigrammatic, brusk, brief, concise, pithy, sententious, terse, curt.
ANT. _Wordy, tedious, prolix, diffuse, prosy, loquacious, garrulous._
=Laggard=, _n._ Loiterer, lingerer, sluggard, saunterer, dawdler, idler.
=Laical.= Laic, lay, unprofessional; secular, temporal; civil, non-legal.
ANT. _Clerical, professional, theological, sacred, divine, ecclesiastic, ministerial, priestly, canonical, legal, sacerdotal._
=Laity.= Laymen, the people.
ANT. _Clergy, professional people._
=Lame.= Hobbling, crippled, limping; inefficient, imperfect, defective; weak, feeble, poor, unsatisfactory, insufficient; halt, faltering, impotent.
ANT. _Robust, strong, potent, efficient, cogent, effective, convincing, telling, satisfactory._
=Lament=, _v._ Mourn, bemoan, bewail, deplore, sorrow over, regret, grieve.
ANT. _Rejoice, enjoy, hail, welcome._
=Language.= Idiom, speech, dialect, tongue, patois, barbarism, diction, expression, vernacular, vocabulary, mother tongue, phraseology, discourse, conversation, talk; articulation, accents; style, utterance, voice.
ANT. _Jargon, gibberish, cry, howl, roar; speechlessness, inarticulateness, muteness, dumbness._
=Languid.= Drooping, indisposed, inanimate, feeble, weak, faint, sickly, pining, weary, listless, heavy, dull, exhausted, heartless; enervated, flagging, spiritless, unnerved, unbraced.
ANT. _Strong, vigorous, robust, active, braced, healthy, energetic, animated, alert._
=Languish.= To be languid, pine, droop, sink, faint, decline.
ANT. _Luxuriate, thrive, prosper, flourish, bloom._
=Languor.= Feebleness, weakness, faintness, weariness, lassitude, listlessness, heaviness, dulness.
ANT. _Strength, vigor, energy, freshness, lithesomeness._
=Lank.= Slender, thin, shrunken, lean, loose, slim, long, lax.
ANT. _Plump, fat, chubby, short, full, rounded._
=Lapse=, _n._ Slipping, falling, slip, fault; termination, failure; escheatment, flow, flux, progress, reversion, elapsing; apostasy.
ANT. _Stability, fixedness, retention, fixture, stoppage, uprightness; inheritance, possession._
=Large.= Colossal, ample, broad, bulky, extensive, vast, massive, spacious, wide, commodious, enormous, coarse, grand, long, gigantic, immense, huge, great, big, capacious, considerable, abundant; diffuse, comprehensive, profuse, plentiful, populous, copious, liberal; enlightened, catholic.
ANT. _Circumscribed, illiberal, contracted, niggardly, sordid, bigoted; small, little, microscopic, mean, minute, tiny, slender, trifling, trivial, diminutive, inconsiderable, slight, infinitesimal, limited, short, insignificant, scanty, petty, narrow, paltry._
=Lash=, _v._ Strike, whip, scourge, flog, beat, tie, fasten; censure, satirize, castigate.
ANT. _Soothe, smooth, caress; eulogize, compliment, extol._
=Lassitude.= Languor, weariness, weakness, debility, inertia.
ANT. _Energy, strength, robustness, vigor, freshness._
=Last=, _v._ Continue, endure, persist, remain, hold, abide, live.
ANT. _End, stop, terminate, depart, fade, cease, fail, die._
=Last=, _a._ Final, hindmost, farthest; next, past; highest or lowest, supreme, utmost; most unlikely, least fit; latest, final, concluding, ultimate.
ANT. _First, foremost, opening, introductory, initiatory; ensuing, next, nearest._
=Lasting.= Durable, permanent, unending, enduring, abiding, perpetual.
ANT. _Temporary, transient, ephemeral, momentary, occasional, periodic, recurrent._
=Late.= Slow, tardy; deceased, departed; far advanced; recent; not long past; delayed.
ANT. _Early, coming, present, future, forthcoming, existing._
=Lately.= Recently, of late, not far past, but just.
ANT. _Formerly, remotely, distantly in past or future._
=Latent.= Hidden, secret, invisible, dormant, unobserved, concealed, inapparent, potential, implicit, undeveloped, inherent.
ANT. _Visible, explicit, apparent, exposed, developed, active, conspicuous, manifest._
=Lateral.= At the side, oblique; indirect, secondary, resultant, parallel, incidental.
ANT. _Direct, primary, immediate, lineal._
=Latter.= Later, modern, more recent; last, final.
ANT. _Former, previous, ancient; penultimate._
=Laudable.= Praiseworthy, commendable.
ANT. _Blameworthy, execrable._
=Laughter.= Laughing, mirth, merriment, glee; derision, ridicule, contempt.
ANT. _Weeping, tears, sorrow, mourning, lamentation; respect, veneration, admiration._
=Launch=, _v._ Hurl, throw, let fly; set afloat; start, propel, move; expatiate, enlarge.
ANT. _Recall, repress, retain; ignore, avoid, shun._
=Lavish=, _a._ Profuse, prodigal; superabundant, excessive, extravagant, bountiful, wasteful.
ANT. _Sparing, economical, close, niggardly, chary._
=Law.= Code, canon, edict, decree, order, mandate, legislation, ordinance, rule, regulation, jurisprudence, enactment, command, commandment, economy, formula, polity, principle, statute; mode, method, sequence, adjudication, jurisdiction.
ANT. _Misrule, anarchy, disorder, insubordination, rebellion; caprice, chance, irregularity, accident, casualty._
=Lawful.= Conformable to law, legitimate, competent, constituted, authorized; legal, constitutional, rightful, regular; permissible, orderly, right, allowable, fair.
ANT. _Illegal, impermissible, unlawful, wrong._
=Lawless.= Contrary to law, illegal; unrestrained, unregulated; wild, rebellious, savage, disorderly.
ANT. _Peaceful, law-abiding, loyal, civilized, honest, tractable, well-disposed._
=Lawyer.= Counselor, attorney, counsel, advocate.
ANT. _Client._
=Lax.= Slack, vague, unconfined; dissolute, licentious; incoherent; unprincipled, loose, remiss, flabby.
ANT. _Concise, strict, rigid, coherent, compact; conscientious, principled._
=Lay.= Put, place, establish, deposit, arrange, spread, dispose, set down; allay, prostrate.
ANT. _Raise, erect, lift up; excite, disorder, disarrange._
=Lazy.= Shirking, idle, inactive, slothful, slow, sluggish.
ANT. _Industrious, energetic, active, assiduous._
=Lead=, _n._ Guidance, direction, initiative, control; precedence, priority, preëminence.
ANT. _Following, submission, subordination; inferiority._
=Lead=, _v._ Guide, conduct, direct, counsel; precede, draw, induce, entice, allure; convoy; commence, inaugurate; persuade, influence.
ANT. _Follow; dissuade, mislead, misguide; leave, abandon._
=Leader.= Guide, conductor; director, chief, head.
ANT. _Follower, disciple._
=League.= Alliance, compact, coalition, confederacy, confederation, bond, combination, union.
ANT. _Neutrality; divorce, disruption, disunion, secession, disconnection, alienation, dissolution._
=Lean=, _v._ Incline, deviate, bend, rest, rely on; conform; tend, depend, hang; slope; repose, confide.
ANT. _Support, raise, erect, stabilitate, rise, straighten._
=Lean=, _a._ Slender, spare, meager, thin, lank, gaunt, skinny, bare, scant, barren, mean; shriveled, emaciated, bony, scraggy.
ANT. _Fat, plump, brawny, well-conditioned, obese, stout._
=Leaning.= Tendency, proclivity, propensity, bias, liking, partiality, inclination.
ANT. _Loathing, aversion, repugnance, avoidance, dislike._
=Leap=, _v._ Jump, vault, spring, bound, hop, bounce.
ANT. _Walk, dive, swim, run._
=Learn.= Acquire, imbibe, attain, collect, know, gather, understand, study.
ANT. _Forget, lose; teach, instruct._
=Learned.= Erudite, versed, well-informed, scholarly, skilled, literary, conversant, read.
ANT. _Ignorant, unlearned, illiterate, unscholarly._
=Learner.= Pupil, scholar, student, disciple, novice.
ANT. _Teacher, professor, authority, adept, master, doctor._
=Learning.= Knowledge, erudition, skill, literature, science, lore, letters, education, culture, tuition, acquirements, attainments, scholarship.
ANT. _Ignorance, illiteracy, boorishness, stupidity; inspiration, revelation._
=Least.= Smallest, shortest, lowest, most unimportant, meanest, last.
ANT. _Greatest, longest, noblest, highest, most important, first, principal, main, leading, preëminent._
=Leave=, _v._ Quit, abandon, give up, forego, resign, surrender, forbear; cease, stop, desist; depart, go from; bequeath.
ANT. _Persist, stay, hold, retain; continue; arrive._
=Legal.= Authorized, legitimate, constitutional, licit, lawful, allowable.
ANT. _Illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional, lay, illegitimate._
=Legend.= Chronicle; myth, fable; inscription, motto; hearsay, fiction.
ANT. _Fact, history, truth, verity._
=Legible.= Distinct, plain, apparent, discernible, clear, manifest, decipherable, well-written.
ANT. _Illegible, cryptographic, cabalistic, undecipherable, obscure._
=Legitimate.= Lawful, valid; authorized, real, genuine, licit, allowable, normal, standard.
ANT. _Illegitimate, unallowable, unfair, unauthorized, illicit, false._
=Leisure.= Freedom, ease, vacation, convenience; opportunity, retirement, spare time.
ANT. _Occupation, employment, absorption, work, labor, constraint, engagement, business, toil._
=Leisurely.= Deliberate, convenient, easy, sauntering.
ANT. _Hurried, hasty, difficult, speedy, industrious, assiduous, eager, precipitate, expeditious._
=Lend.= Let, afford, furnish, loan, advance, grant.
ANT. _Refuse, withhold, retain, appropriate, withdraw; recall._
=Lengthen.= Elongate, stretch, extend, prolong.
ANT. _Shorten, contract, confine, narrow._
=Lengthy.= Long, drawn out, tedious, verbose, diffuse, prolix.
ANT. _Concise, comprehensive, laconic, short, brief, condensed, succinct, compact._
=Lenient.= Merciful, mild, relaxing, assuasive, softening, compassionate.
ANT. _Harsh, cruel, hard, severe, stern._
=Lessen.= Diminish, reduce, decrease, abate, lower, impair, degrade, weaken.